A KHORASSAN CARPET,
Lot 975 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 

A KHORASSAN CARPET,

NORTHEAST PERSIA, LATE 17TH CENTURY

Closed20 June 2012

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USD 1,250

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A KHORASSAN CARPET,
NORTHEAST PERSIA, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Reduced in size and pieced together
Approximately 16ft. 5in. x 5ft. 9in. (503cm. x 175cm.)

Acquired from Y & B Bolour, Los Angeles.

Specialist note

This carpet with its fine drawing, harshang patterned field and soft colors, is one of a small number of surviving examples woven in the Khorassan region of Northeastern Persia in the late 17th century. A similar carpet was advertised in HALI No.90, January 1997, p.50.